The Different Divisions in Baseball

The Different Divisions in Baseball

A look into all the different teams that make up the  Major League Baseball League.


Below are each of the thirty Major League Baseball teams, in order vertically by division and alphabetically in each division. As you can see, there are six different division with five teams in each of them, making up the thirty teams of the league. Also, the first three columns make up the teams in the American League and the last three columns make up the teams in the National League, but we will go into more detail with this very soon.

All 30 MLB Teams and Their Divisions




There hasn't always been thirty teams in Major League baseball. In fact, back as early as 1901, there were still do leagues, but there was only one division in each league with only eight teams in each league, totaling a mere sixteen teams (http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/#19011006).
However, slowly, more cities wanted to invest in professional teams, with the Tampa Bay Rays being the most recent team in 1998 unless you count the Montreal Expos move to Washington and becoming the Washington Nationals, as a whole new team in 2005 (Major League Baseball, Wikipedia Contributors).


Anyways, there are 6 divisions in the current MLB format, with each having 5 teams in them are two leagues, the National League and the American League, which each have 3 of these divisions within them. This is how the MLB Teams are set up based on each division which is based on the locations of each of the teams within the country, and Toronto in Canada.


A) The American League (AL):


1) AL East:                                       
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays


2) AL Central:
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins


3) AL West:
Houston Astros
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers


B) National League (NL):


1) NL East:
Atlanta Braves
Miami Marlins
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals


2) NL Central:
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Milwaukee Brewers
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates


3) NL West:
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants


Now you know all the teams in the MLB, the divisions they play in, the leagues they play in, and where they are located.